Foot-gear.



E. A. LLEWELLYN & J. R. BRIGGS.

FOOT GEAR.

APPUCATION FILED 0cr.2.1914.

Patented May 11, 1915.

3] "cantor/x, {59/1 UNITED STATES T ATENT OFFICE.

ERNEST-A. LLEWELLYN AND JOHN R. BRIGGS, OF WILTON, MAINE, ASSIGNORS TO G. H. BASS 6c COMPANY, OF WILTON, MAINE, A CORPORATION OF MAINE.

FOOT-GEAR.

Application filed October 2, 1914.

0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ERNEST A. LLEWEL- LYN and JOHN R. BnIoos,-citizens of the United States, residing at Wilton, in the county of Franklin and State of Maine, have invented new and useful Improvements in Foot-Gear, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to footgear, and particularly to moccasins of all types, the object of the invention being to provide a novel construction of seam for uniting portions of the upper of a shoe of this character, whereby greater strength and durability are obtained and an absolutely waterproof seam provided.

A further object of the invention is to provide a. seam construction between the top and bottom portions of an upper of a shoe of the character described, whereby the seam is covered in such a manner as to insure the drainage off of all moisture With out allowing it to collect about the seam.

The invention consists of the features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts herein fully described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in which 2- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a moccasin embodying our invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional view on an enlarged scale between the top and bottom sections of the upper.

ig. 3 is a similar view showing the parts of the upper as they appear when first united and before the flap is turned down and secured. Fig. 4 is a view of the upper section separated and arranged in position to be connected. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the parts as shown in Fig. 3 with the upper turned back to show the primarv seam.

Referring to the drawing, 1 designates a moccasin of the high-cut type, yet it may be of any other type. 2 the lower section of the upper which extends around and is connected ith the sole 3, and 4 the top section of the upper including the top section 5 of the vamp.

In the manufacture of a shoe of this character, the parts 2, 4 and 5 are commonly made of three separate sections of leather, and the parts 4 and 5 are connected with the part '2 by a continuous seam extending around the upper. This is usually an exposed seam formed by simply sewing to gether the skived and abutting edges of the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 11, 1915. Serial No. 864,648. i

parts. The seam thus forms a ridge or raised portion around the part 5, particularly, whereby moisture collecting upon the part 5 is retained and enters the shoe through the exposed seam. Such a seam is, furthermore, insecure and liable to rip.

Our invention is designed to overcome these objections and to provide a seam which will be closed and secured and protected and held from ripping by a closure flap, which also prevents all moisture from entering through the seam and permits it to drain ofi".

In the production of our improved scam, the meeting edges of the aforesaid parts of the upper are beveled or skived, as shown at 6, so as to allow said parts to assume the proper curvature or relative positions, and said skived edges 6 are brought together in abutting relation and united by a seam 7. Each top section 4 and 5 is, however, previously prepared by slitting the same a sufficient distance back from the marginal or meeting edge to form a flap 8, of sufficient width to extend beyond the edge of the section 4 or 5 and to lap over upon and beyond the edge of the section 2. After the sections are united by the seam 7, this flap is folded down over the seam and secured by a waterproof cement 9; the free edge of the flap 8 is also secured to the section 2 by a seam or line of stitching 10. As a result of this construction, a seam is produced which is not only substantial in character, but which is covered and reinforced by the flap 8, thus preventing the seam from ripping, while at the same time the flap covers the seam and prevents the entrance of moisture and forms at its point of juncture with the sections 4 and 5 a smooth water-shedding surface over which moisture may flow or drain, absolutely preventing leakage of moisture through the seam into the shoe. This con struction of seam, when employed upon moc casins of the character described, which are intended for rough usage, is especially advantageous in enabling the production of a shoe of greatly increased strength and durability and which is, furthermore, waterproof and practically rip-proof at a point where the shoe is weakest and liable to leak.

We claim 1. A moccasin having a vamp and a toepiece, said toe-piece being attached at its margin to on wedge of the vamp by stitches uniting the two parts in such manner as to leave a portion of the toeiece projecting over and beyond the edge 0 the vamp; said projecting portion of the toe-piece covering the stitches on the outer surface of the vamp and being further fastened to the vamp by a lap seam in which the stitches pass through a marginal portion of the vamp and through the overlapping margin of the toe-piece.

2. A moccasin having a vamp and a toepiece fastened together by a seam uniting one edge of the vamp and an adjacent portion of the toe-piece; said toe-piece having a marginal portion extending beyond and overlapping the edge of the vamp so as to cover the stitches of said seam on the outer side of the vamp and fastened to the underlying marginal portion of the vamp by a lap seam.

3. A shoe having an upper composed of a lower section forming the quarters and a portion of the vamp, a top section and an upper vamp section, the meetin edges of said sections being arranged in a utting relation and united by a seam, and integral extensions of the top and upper vamp sections overlying the lower section and united thereto by a seam independent of the first named seam.

4. A shoe having an upper composed of a lower section forming the quarters and lower portion of the vamp, a top section, and an upper vamp section, the meeting edges of said lower section being arranged in abutting relation with the meeting edges of said top section and upper vam section and united thereto by a seam, an flaps integral with the said top and upper vamp sections and turned outwardly over said seam and downwardly upon the said lower section, whereby a single cover seam is formed between the lower section and top and upper vamp sections, said flaps being cemented to the lower section and also united at their free edges to said lower section by a line of stitching, and forming a water shedding surface overlapping the single seam aforesaid.

5. A moccasin, or the like, having a vamp and a toe-piece, said toe-piece being stitched to the vamp in such manner as to leave a portion of the toe-piece projecting be ond the seam and over the lower edges 0 the stitches and the vamp.

In testimony whereof we afiix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

ERNEST A. LLEWELLYN. JOHN R. BRIGGS.

Witnesses: HERMAN SANBORN,

Craps N. BLANCHARD.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 1,139,197, granted May 11, 1915,

upon the application of Ernest A. Llewellyn and John R. Briggs. of Wilton, Maine.

for an improvement in Foot-Gear, an error appears in the printed specification requiring correction as follows: Page 1. line 110. for the words on wedge read one edge; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the ease in the Patent ()fliee.

Signed and sealed this 1st day of June, A. D., 1915.

[sent] J. T. NEWTON,

Acting Uommiss'iomr of Patents. 

